| Whether Mance Grady is a guest artist with Irish traditional, Celtic Rock, New Age, Classical, World Music, Pop, Rock, you name it -- he delivers powerhouse performances that always deliver the goods. This is due to his skill in many genres of music, his impeccable sense of dynamics, and his remarkable improvisational ability.
Mance is internationally known for his skill on the Irish frame drum called the Bodhrán, an instrument he has devoted over 33 years to and which he was also distinguished as a Master Player by the National Endowment for the Arts for his skills as a teacher of this instrument.
An early pioneer of the Bodhrán in America, both as a player and maker, Mance is also responsible for many innovations in construction as well as playing. Mance is an early innovator responsible for bringing the Bodhrán into other musical genres as well as bringing other ethnic percussion into Celtic music.
Mance has been seen in performance with a wide array of Celtic musicians who are a virtual who's who such as Liz Carrol, John Doyle, Jerry Holland, Tony Cuffe, Mick Coyne, Eamon Coyne, Seamus Connolly, Ally Bain, Allisdair Gilles, Paddy Keenan, Kevin Burke, etc. Outside of the Celtic genre, Mance has performed with Freebo, Marty Walsh, VK Raman, Victor Mendoza, etc.
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Eric Peterson performs Middle Eastern and North African percussive instruments such as Egyptian Tabla, Riq (Arabic tambourine) and Def and Bendir (Arabic frame drums).
In addition to this percussive pallet, he also plays Cajon (Spanish box drum), Udu (Nigerian clay-pot drum), and Berimbau (a resonating bowed instrument from Brazil).
Eric has studied Middle Eastern percussion with renowned musicians such as Hossam Ramzy, Souhail Kaspar, and Layne Redmond. He has provided Middle Eastern rhythms and percussion for numerous Arabic, Turkish, and Greek ensembles, as well as lending his skills to Rock, Bluegrass, Electronic/House, and even Rap music. His love of many genres of music, have lead him towards constant experimentation with many different kinds of musicians from many different backgrounds and styles.
Presently, he is playing Egyptian Tabla in the band Trouz Bras, who perform Medieval Celtic music from Brittany.
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